Freight-car



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FREIGHT GAR.

No. 347,553. Patented Aug. 17, 1886.

(No Model.) 2 sheets-sneer. 2.

J. F. BATGHELOR. y FREIGHT GAR.

No. 347,553. Patented Aug. 17, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. BATOHELOE, OE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FREIGHT-CAR.

SPECIFICATlON forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,553, dated August 17, 1886.

Application filed April 2, 1886.

ScrialNo. 197,498. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH F. BATOHELOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Freight-Cars, of which the following isaspecication.

My invention relates to an improved railroad freight-car of that class called boxcars;77 and the object of the invention is to provide for greater strength in the car-frame, to the end that cars of this description may be made longer' and of greater capacity than those heretofore used.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of one-half of a carbody.l Fig. 2 is a side view showing in detail one end of the arched truss. Fig. 3 is a top view of the truss base-plate, bolster, and front cross beam seen in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a View of one of the hanger-rods. Fig; 5 is a vertical crosssection of a box-car havingthe improvements. Fig. 6 is a top view in detail showing the suspension stay-bart' hooked over the bowstring bar J.

The letter A designates the inner wall or lining of a car; B, the outer wall; O, the upright studs of the frame between the walls; D, the floor; E, the roof; and F one of the holsters. All these parts may be of the usual or we11-known construction.

I provide acast or forged iron base-plate,Gr,l having a horizontal part, a, to rest on top of the bolster F, and which is provided with two downward flanges, b, one at each side, which take on opposite sides of the bolster. By this construction the base-plate may be seated, like a saddle, on the bolster and bolted thereto. The base-plate has on top a' socket, c, which opens at one side and receives the end of the iron Varched truss-bar,]5[, which is secured therein in one of the said base plates G. The truss bar H describes an arch or curve having its ends seated. on a plane even with the car-iioor, and

the highest part, e, at the oenter,or midway between the ends of the car, andjust below the roof-cave. The doorway I is in the side of the car, as usual, and is located below the said highest part, e, of the arched trussbar. The door I is mounted to slide as usual in this class of car.

A cord77 or bow-string bar, J, extends horizontally at each side of 'the car, and connects with the base-plates Gby rivets or bolts f, and prevents the aforesaid two holsters from spreading, and thereby Inaintains the arched truss-bar in position. This bar J passes the end of the bolster and the end of the front cross-beam, K, and is bent so that its end g takes position on the front side of the said cross-beam, where it is bolted.

Hanger-rods L connect the arched truss-bar H and the bow-string bar J, and cross-rods g, below the car-door D,unite the bow-string bars on each side of the car-body. These crossrods g serve as bolts to unite the hanger-rods L and bar J, and also pass through the wood stringers h, on which the iioorislaid, and give stability to the whole structure.

One or more suspension-stay bars, i, extend crosswise below the car-bottom, and each end is bifurcated and forms two hooks, i', which take over the bow-string bar J, one hook being at each side of a hanger-rod, L, as seen in Fig. 6. The stay-bart' has at its center a screwbuckle, k, and two posts, Z, are placed between it and the cross-rod g.

A bracerod, m, above the bolster has a downwardly-inclined position, and one end is bolted to the arched truss-bar H, and the other end to the bow-string bar J, near the front cross-beam, K. Two upwardlyinclined brace-rods, n, are bolted by one end to the truss-bar H, and by the other end to the upright stud C in the corner of the car. These brace-rods serve to give stiffness to the carframe.

A top cross-rod, p, near the car-roof, extends across from one truss-bar H to the other, and by connecting the two keeps the car-sides from spreading.

Having described my invention, I claim and ICC desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States- 1. A railroadcar having, in combination, the usual holsters, F, hase-plates G, secured to the bolster, arched truss-hars H, extending from one bolster to the other, and having each end attached to one of the said hase-plates, and bow-string bars J, as set forth.

2. A railroad-car having, in combination,the usual holsters, F, base-plates G, having flanges, and seated, like a saddle, on the holsters, and provided with sockets, arched trussbars H, having their ends resting in said sockets, and bow-string bars J, connected with the baseplates and passing through them and fastened to the front cross-beam of the car, as set forth.

3. A railroad-car having, in combination, side walls, a doorway, I, at the center of the side wall, and an arched trusshar, H, having its ends seated on a plane even with the car-floor and curved above the doorway, as set forth.

4. A railroad car having, in combination,

arched truss-hars H, bow-string bars J, wood floor-stringers h, and cross-rods y, extending from one bow-string har to the other and passed through the said door-stringers, as set forth.

5. A railroad-car having, in combination, arched truss-bars H, how-string bars J, crossrods g, extending from one bowstring har to the other, suspension stay-hars i, having at each end a hook which takes over one of the how string hars, and posts l between said stay har and cross-rod, as set forth.

6. A railroad-car having, in combination, arched truss-hars H, bow-string hars J, and downwardly and upwardly inclined brace-rods m n, bolted to the truss-bars, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 4o the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH F. BATCHELOR.

Witnesses:

J oHN E. MoRRis, JNo. T. MADDOX. 

